20 filings from 3 registrants · 2019–2026 · latest filed Jun 18, 2026
Reported on its behalf
$580K
every LD-2 on file
Its own filed spend
$100K
lobbying for itself
Fees to outside firms
$480K
across every firm on file
Spend over time
Every filing period on record, as reported. One column per filed period — a period with no column is a period with no filing, not a zero.
Basis · Amendments and terminations supersede the original report for the same registrant, client and period, so a revised quarter is counted once at its latest filed value. Registration-only filings carry no activity money and are excluded from these totals.
Who lobbies for them
Every outside firm that has filed on this client's behalf, by fees reported.
Issue areas declared on the filings, ranked by how many filings name each one.
Aviation/Airlines/Airports
AVI
12 filings
$550K on those filings
Budget/Appropriations
BUD
3 filings
$100K on those filings
Defense
DEF
Bills named in the filings
Every bill reference extracted from the filings' activity descriptions.
H.R. 3163116th CongressMaking appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.3 filingsthrough 2019
H.R. 4016119th CongressDepartment of Defense Appropriations Act, 20262 filingsthrough 2025
Joel RobersonHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: Committee Liaison, House Republican Conference; Floor Debate Coordinator, House Republican Conference; Law Clerk, House Judiciary Committee8 filingsthrough 2020
Leslie PollnerHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Susan Kosmas; Chief of Staff, Rep. Tim Mahoney8 filingsthrough 2020
Timothy MartinInvariant LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Rep. Rodney Davis (2015-2017); Sr. Legislative Assistant and General Counsel, Rep. Scott Tipton (2014-2015)6 filingsthrough 2023
Nick MikulaInvariant LLC
The filings
Every filing on record. Each row links to its full disclosure.
This record groups every filed spelling of the client's name into one entity, so "MERCK & CO., INC." and "MERCK & CO INC" read as the same company. The grouping is the client's normalized name — organizations that file under genuinely different names appear separately. Handle: skyryse-inc.
fees reported
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Reported as lobbying expenses
Money reported as spent on lobbying rather than as a fee paid to an outside firm. See the full list.
Reading this · LD-2 reports a hired firm's fee and a registrant's reported expenses on separate lines and never both on one filing, so the two lists above are different quantities and are ranked separately rather than against each other. Firm names link to their own record as the firms chapter lands.
2 filings
$70K on those filings
Transportation
TRA
1 filing
Note · A filing names one to several issue areas and reports a single dollar figure for the period, so the same money appears beside every issue that filing declares. The dollar column is therefore spend on filings that named this issue — it is not a split of the total, and these figures sum above it. Filing counts do not double-count.
116th Congress
An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
2 filingsthrough 2019
How these are found · Bill references are extracted from the free-text activity description each filing writes, then matched to the Congress in session that filing year. A reference we can't match to a bill on file is still shown, unlinked — we cite what the filing said rather than guess at what it meant. Naming a bill is not a position on it: LD-2 records that a client lobbied on the bill, never which side.
Covered position: Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, Special Assistant (2018-2021); House Armed Services cmte: Pro. Staff Member/Dep. Comms Dir. (2018); Pro. Staff Member/Press Secretary (2017-2018); Press Secretary (2015-2017)
6 filingsthrough 2023
Michael FriedbergHolland & Knight LLPCovered position: Staff Director, Rail Subcommittee, House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee; Professional Staff, House Appropriations Committee6 filingsthrough 2019
Benjamin KleinInvariant LLCCovered position: Legislative Director, Senator Byron Dorgan (2007-2010); Legislative Assistant, Senator Byron Dorgan (2005-2007)4 filingsthrough 2023
Anne MacmillanInvariant LLCCovered position: Sr Advisor, Deputy Chief of Staff, US Dept. of Agriculture (2010-2014); Policy Advisor, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (2009-2010); Legislative Assistant/Legislative Director, Rep. Dennis Cardoza (2003-2009); Staff Assistant, Rep. Bob Matsui (2001-2002)4 filingsthrough 2023
Maia Hunt EstesInvariant LLCCovered position: Chief of Staff, Rep. Anthony Brown (2017-2020)4 filingsthrough 2022
Lauren BatesSkyryse, Inc.Covered position: Senior Policy Advisor, US Senate Legislative Assistant, US House of Representatives3 filingsthrough 2025
Rocky BurnsSkyryse, Inc.Covered position: Director, Military and International Affairs2 filingsthrough 2026
Mark FriedmannInvariant LLCCovered position: Director of Operations, Office of Presidential Personnel, Executive Office of the President (2016-2017); Special Assistant to the White House Liaison, Office of the Secretary, Department of Energy (2015-2016)2 filingsthrough 2022
Dena Baron SmithInvariant LLCCovered position: Subcmte Staff Dir/Clerk, Appropriations Cmte, U.S. House of Representatives (2005-2021); Pro Staff Member/Staff Asst, Appropriations Cmte, U.S. House of Representatives (1999-2004); Program Analyst, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1995-1999)1 filingthrough 2022
Covered positions · 13 of 14 lobbyists named on these filings disclosed a prior government post. The text is reproduced exactly as filed.
